Cricket News

The opening shots of the ICC World Twenty20 were fired in the beautiful setting of Wormsley as New Zealand edged a last-ball four-wicket win over Bangladesh

England's Test captain will play no part in Middlesex's Twenty20 Cup campaign

Ricky Ponting flies to England on Wednesday as one of Australia's most accomplished Test and one-day players, but his reputation in the Twenty20 set-up is less certain

Ireland coach Phil Simmons has big ambitions for his team at the ICC World Twenty20 and will be disappointed if the side don't make it through to the Super Eight stage of the tournament

Sachin Tendulkar has stressed the need for adequate rest for Indian players ahead of the World Twenty20 in June, and particularly for the openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir

The ECB is pressing for more stringent laws to tackle the selling-on of tickets, according to a report in the Guardian

Darren Gough believes England can use the forthcoming ICC World Twenty20 to build vital momentum ahead of Australia's arrival later this summer

Australia's players go into camp on Sunday in preparation for the World Twenty20 and the Ashes

Wasim Akram has tipped Pakistan to win next month's World Twenty20 in England. Pakistan have lost just three of their 17 Twenty20 internationals so far

The PCB has withdrawn Shoaib Akhtar from the squad for the World Twenty20 and named Iftikhar Anjum as his replacement

Shoaib Akhtar's participation in the World Twenty20 has come into doubt after a skin condition he developed last week failed to improve as was expected

Jamie Siddons, the Bangladesh coach, has said beating India and making it to the Super Eights were two of his team's goals in next month's World Twenty20 in England

The members of the Pakistan squad were in Bhurban for a high-altitude camp and Alam said the exercise was a success

Zaheer Abbas has said Pakistan will be better served with a specialist batting coach rather than a sports psychologist

England could be forced to go into next month's ICC World Twenty20 without the services of their premier allrounder, Andrew Flintoff, after he revealed that he has yet to start running after undergoing a knee injury sustained during his brief stint at the

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will be sending its security consultant Lawrence Fernando to England on May 17 to assess and report on the security measures in place for next month's World Twenty20

The Pakistan Cricket Board is seriously considering withdrawing the offspinner Saeed Ajmal from the ICC World Twenty20 squad as they await the results on the tests done on his bowling action

Shoaib Akhtar's latest fitness concern, a skin problem, has ruled him out of Pakistan's training camp for the World Twenty20, coach Intikhab Alam said

Johan Botha, the South African vice-captain, has been given the green light to play in the World Twenty20 on the proviso he does not bowl his controversial doosra

Shahid Afridi believes Pakistan's recent lack of international cricket will not hamper their chances at the World Twenty20, due to begin in June, in England